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I AM LONO are an electronic pop punk synth duo from Nottingham - they are Matthew Cooper and David Startin. The pair formed the band after realising a shared obsession for The Doors, Hunter S Thompson and John Carpenter. 

Initially they began experimenting with sprawling soundtracks, which they then condensed into violent pop songs with big vocals.  They named the project I AM LONO, a reference to a moment of madness in the Hunter S Thompson book, The Curse of Lono, when Hunter captures a huge Marlin and beats it to death with a Samoan war club and returns to shore screaming triumphantly: ‘I am Lono’. 

They’ve been heavily supported by BBC Introducing Nottingham, played Dot to Dot Festival and have supported Palma Violets, Savages and Walls.

The music they make is all written and recorded with collaborator Chris Moore (Echoboy; Spotlight Kid) in their basement studio. All the songs are recorded in this room and mixed down to reel-to-reel tape. Their songs have been played on BBC 6 Music and BBC Introducing, and a specially made limited run of cassette tapes recently sold out in Rough Trade.  

Pre-order 10" limited edition 6-track white vinyl - https://iamlono.bandcamp.com/ 


UK PR - rob@letskillmusic.com
photography by Haydn Webborn

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